Monday Mani - Steampunk Inspired

I have been thinking of doing this manicure for a while now. It's not exactly as I planned, but it turned out better than I hoped too.

Here's what I did:

• Started with Seche Vite Ridge Filling Basecoat
• On all nails except ring fingers, I used 2 coats of L'Oreal Smell the Roses (it's sort of pink in honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness)
• On my ring fingers, I used 2 coats of Julep Winona
• Once that was dry, I stamped using Milani Dark Coffee. For ring fingers, I used Bundle Monster plate H14 for the stop watch. On all other nails, I used Bundle Monster plate 415 (gears).
• To give it some subtle shine, I brushed on a coat of Orly Fifty-Four.
• Next I applied some tiny copper stones at random in the gears and a couple on the stopwatch designs.
• Finished up with Seche Vite Fast Dry Top Coat.

I thought about adding some liquid leather in dark brown to all of the nails, but I thought that might be a little too much. Maybe I'll try that before I change manis again just to see what it looks like.